10.04.2006

winter weight, over weight, my weight... the weight of the world

it is interestingwe have a society obsessed with weight, health, and fitnessevery year there is a new fad dietthere is always some sort of weight loss advice book on the NY Times Best Seller Listso... with all this thought about weight... why are we so fat?

as I ride my bicycle to work I pass bus stops lined with people and people pinned in their carswhen I pass through the neighborhoods on my way to work I wonder how far these people are to their place of workand whether or not it would be possible for them to walk rather than wait for the busthen I remember that I work in a three story building where people wait for the elevatoran old and slow elevator that takes longer to arrive than it would take to walk to the third floor

then I pass an assortment of cars with an assortment of driversall sorts of cars pass me filled with all sorts of passangers....actually none of the cars are filled... rarely does a vehicle have anyone more than the driverI look at each and every driver as I pass them or when they pass me

as I cyclist it is important for me to anticipate the actions around methe indicator lights are not good enoughthe tilt of the headthe placement of the hands on the steering wheelthese are the things to look fornever trust a turn signalalways trust your spidey senses

within these cars there are all sorts of peoplenot all of them fatbut... many of them are disgustingly fatso fat that they need to use the tilt steering wheel to get out of the carafter a snack at the nearest drive through some of these drivers need the jaws of life to free themselves from their four wheeled cagehow does that happen?I know it is gradual...but you would think that someone would think.... this is enoughI am too wide to see myself in the mirrorif you are three hundred pounds... the salad at lunch may helpbut it may take more than thatlike not putting a pound of bacon on that saladand trying to use less than a bottle of dressing on that salad

yet... I am not so differentI love my food.... bacon and dressingandmy weight fluctuatesI am not much for dietingheck..each winter I pack on the poundsriding less and eating more puts me on a weight roller coasterat the start of each spring I am usually closer t0 240 than 220 then by early september the compliments comethe compliments come to me in the form of insults..."you look great... you lost so much weight""you are a shadow of yourself""I hardly recognized you... you are so thin"thanksbut no thanksyou are not saying that I am thinyou are saying that I was really fatwell... actually I was never really fatI was just more heavy and well... the beard adds the illusion of a few pounds as wellbearded and a few pounds heavier with a baggy sweater is different than rolling up clean shaven with a skin tight cycling shirt

what is my point?no pointI think I just wanted to try and justify a link to the Heidi Klum sitewhy the REM lyrics link?just the line...."not everyone can carry the weight of the world"

scroll downthere are all sorts of great images from yesterdays walk around the block

oh...the Super Model body style may be unrealistic for the average personbutthere most definitely can be a rational middle ground between Heidi Klum and Jabba the Hutt

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